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Britain's households will see water bills cut
Britain's households will see their average water bills cut by £3 to £340 within the next five years under a final proposal announced by watchdog Ofwat today.

good about time

Stray pays more water rates a week
than she does gas and electric it fumes me

Thats a lot more than we have to pay in the driest continent on earth!
You Poms have more water than you know what to do with!


xxxxxxx mick

Sorry... If it's going to be cut to £340 that means we will get about £160 off!!! Anglian Water are definitely ripping us off!

No wonder we've got the nickname "Rip off Britain"

One wonders how on earth are we going to spend all that extra money?

My cup runneth over.

they will probly cut everyone elses bills and make me pay double lol x

If that happens then i'll get £202.64 off
but i wont hold my breath.

how do u no how much u will get off?

Dear All

Hello

The electric bill arrived today.

We thought of doing a moonlight flit!

Yes, it was a high price bill.

Best wishes
xx

I thought it was just £3 off, making the AVERAGE bill £340.
Mine's a lot more!!
Won't make much difference.
I'm charged over £20 a year for the taking away of rainwater - which the water company doesn't do, as I'm on chalk, and it just soaks away!
To claim this money back, I have to provide plans of my house - which is owned by the council and they won't give them to me!

Realy pees me off, as one presumes the water companies are totally aware of the geological strata of their area!

Do what we do over here - put in your own water tanks and catch the rain for free!
(My water bill is $35 a year - for something they call "drainage"!)


xxxxxxx mick

I have a water meter - my bill for the year is about £100

Wish I could have a water meter!
Is it just me or has the enthusiasm for everyone to have a water meter died a death recently?
Methinks Ann's bill is the clue!
Water meters - good for the environment - but bad for water companies profits!!

My bills are about a third what they were before having a meter fitted.

Still water the garden, and play with my pressure washer.

But I don't half stink,havn't had a bath for ten years!!!

Giving us de-contaminated water costs money - because it incurs costs.

If you think you're being over-charged,. instal a water meter.

Otherwise, be grateful you don't live on the African Sub-Sahara, where lack of water really is a life or death thing.

Sue x

Errr- how do they know what to charge you if you dont have a water meter?

Oz towns and suburbs have all had water meters at least since the 1940s.

my water meter saves me about £200 per year.

with all this b**** rain they should be paying us to take it away !

Well our water meter cost for the last year was £227 so we'll be lucky to get £2 off, a pound each. lol We catch all the water from the greenhouse and shed in 4 water buts for watering the garden.

I've never understood why this country charges us a fortune to purify water so we can drink it, but doesn't supply us with a cheaper alternative for the dishwasher/washing machine/car washing and watering the garden.

Mick from the Bush asked how they know what to charge for water, if it’s not metered.

I’ve always assumed it’s based on the number of bed/rooms you have. There may be some other considerations as well in the formula. The Country (England) is divided up into areas, with different companies’ taking responsibly for the supply and infrastructure in their area.

There doesn’t even seem to be a national rate…..they individually set their own!!!!